Join us at the Holland Land Office Museum for the next edition of our Guest Speaker Series on Thursday, September 21st at 7 pm. We welcome local presenter and researcher Joseph Van Remmen, as he shares his well researched theory of how the city of Buffalo got its name. There are a number of theories […]
Come to the Holland Land Office Museum on Saturday, September 23 from 1-4 as local author Rob Thompson will be signing copies of all of his works. Rob lives in Attica and is most known for his books on the Linden Murders, but he has also just written a new book on the Sullivan Campaign […]
Join us at the Holland Land Office Museum for the next edition of our Java with Joe E. morning presentation series on Thursday, September 28 at 9 am. The museum welcomes the Town of Batavia Historian, Bernida Scoins, as she shares the life and works of Batavia native author John Gardner. Bernida will also have […]
Join us on Friday, September 29th and Thursday, October 19th at 7 pm as Connie Boyd shares the spooky, sinister, and weird documented stories from the West Side of Batavia's past. Come and listen to tales of murder, ghosts, body snatching hangings, and abandoned cemeteries. This presentation is the same as our Ghost Walk, perfect […]
Come to the Holland Land Office Museum to see the first in a series of mini-exhibits focusing on materials and objects of our collection that have suffered from neglect and time. The Decomposing Past series will begin with textiles from Tuesday, October 3rd to Tuesday, October 31st. The objective of this multipart exhibit series is […]
There will be a talk on Thursday, October 5 at 7 pm at the Lakewood Fire Training Center in Lakewood, NY in Chautauqua County on Paolo Busti. The talk will be presented by Philadelphia author and historian John Everett Jones, who just published an article about Paolo Busti in Philadelphia. Paolo Busti was an Italian […]
Please join the Holland Land Office Museum for a West Side Ghost Walk on Fridays in October. The walks led by Connie Boyd will take place on October 6, 13, 20 and 27 at 7 pm. We will also be adding second walks beginning at 7:30 on October 6, 13 and 20. Take a walk […]
Please join the Holland Land Office Museum for a West Side Ghost Walk on Fridays in October. The walks led by Connie Boyd will take place on October 6, 13, 20 and 27 at 7 pm. We will also be adding second walks beginning at 7:30 on October 6, 13 and 20. Take a walk […]
The Holland Land Office Museum is proud to announce the next edition of its Trivia Night @ the Museum on Thursday, October 12 at 7 pm. This month's topic the infamous gangster Al Capone. The event will be held at GO ART! at 201 E. Main St. in Batavia. Their Tavern 2.0 will also be […]
Please join the Holland Land Office Museum for a West Side Ghost Walk on Fridays in October. The walks led by Connie Boyd will take place on October 6, 13, 20 and 27 at 7 pm. We will also be adding second walks beginning at 7:30 on October 6, 13 and 20. Take a walk […]
Please join the Holland Land Office Museum for a West Side Ghost Walk on Fridays in October. The walks led by Connie Boyd will take place on October 6, 13, 20 and 27 at 7 pm. We will also be adding second walks beginning at 7:30 on October 6, 13 and 20. Take a walk […]
On Saturday, October 14th 6 pm Batavia Country Club, the Holland Land Office Museum is proud to announce the return of the Murder Mystery Dinner Theater with WNY Improv. This time they will be putting on "A Murderous Affair: The Truish Murder Mystery of Johnston L. Lynch" Once a sanctuary of opulence and decorum, the […]